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I have just installed the Debian edition, and both speedtest websites work fine. I assume that this indicates there is an unidentified problem with Mint 10 RC1 :( According to the FAQ on the website for www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk they say that: Q. What must be installed to use Broadband speed c...

Could someone try out these websites in Mint 10 and let me know if they work?

Thanks

I have just installed Mint 10 and upgraded it to the DVD edition
There are 2 websites which I often use to test my broadband speed.
http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/
and
http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk/

Neither of these work in Mint 10.
Any suggestions appreciated.

I don't seem to have the initial splash screen. How do I enable it?
Welcome screen and Java all working now.
Many thanks!

I have just installed Mint 10, and found that there is no Java plugin in Firefox . I can't find any way to install it. The initial splash screen of Mint gives you the option to install the "DVD" version of Mint, that will install it for you. Or you can just open the package manager and se...

I have just installed Mint 10, and found that there is no Java plugin in Firefox .
I can't find any way to install it.

I have a laptop which is installed with the same version of Mint and that has no problems at all. It just seems to be my desktop computer which has the problem. Ralink cards seem to be problematic with Mint. This was the root of the problem with Mint 6, 7, and 8 but Husse's fix cured that. I suspect...

My internet is very slow with Mint 9 Isadora main edition. When I first start up the computer I can get download speeds of up to 5000Kbps (using www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk) After about 10-15 minutes, the download speed reduces to about 248 Kbps. A reboot restores it to full speed, but only for ...

Since I installed Mint 8, I now have to supply my password to access my other drives (eg Windows C: and D: drive). Is there any way of saving the authentication so that I do not have to keep entering my password? Also, a problem which started in 2008 with Elyssa is still lingering - when a user logs...

I have finally downloaded a good copy on another computer with Mint 7 standard edition. The Mint 7 laptop I used previously had the XFCE version. Also, the ISO I downloaded on the Windows 7 computer had its MD5 sum checked on the XFCE computer - perhaps the MD5 sum checking utility on XFCE is faulty...

I am having a problem downloading a good copy of the Linux Mint 8 ISO. Over the last 3 days I have downloaded about 12 different copies of the file, from different mirrors, and the MD5 checksum on each one is different. None are correct. I have tried 2 different computers, one with Mint 7 and one wi...

This seems to have cured the problem. Using the live disk, I did a download test using www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk, and got a result of 289Kbps I then entered in a terminal: sudo iwconfig wlan0 rate 54M and ran the test again. The download speed was then about 5300 Kbps I will install Mint 7 thi...

Here is my lspci and lsusb david@dominator:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL PCI Express Root Port (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Au...

Further to my internet speed problem, I downloaded Mint 7 Gloria, in the hope that the slow download speed problem might have disappeared. Unfortunately, the same problem still exists. It is still the case that Daryna works perfectly, but the internet download speeds on any later version of Mint are...

I have had Daryna installed since it was released and it has behaved perfectly in all that time. I did try Elyssa for a short while, but it had a problem where, if I mounted a second hard disk to access data, then logged out, and someone else logged on (eg wife or son) then that disk became inaccess...

I've not come across "Sessions". What is it and where would I find it?

I too have a FAT32 external HDD which mounts when I plug it in. In fstab, if I have no entries relating to FAT32 (vfat) partitions, I can click the "Computer" icon on the desktop, locate the drive icon, click it, and it will mount then open. I think it is some sort of automounting. /etc/mt...

The suggestion about the "Hidden" flag sounded quite plausible. I don't know how it came to be set, but I removed it using Partition Manager and tried again. Unfortunately, the " Cannot mount volume" message came back. Thanks for your suggestion anyway. I can't believe that I am ...

I've tried both /dev/hda2 /media/data vfat, defaults,users,rw,umask=000 0 0 and /dev/hda2 /media/data vfat, defaults,users,rw,umask=0222 0 0 but neither works. I have a spare laptop disk still with Daryna on, so I put that in to see how it should be done. Daryna automatically mounts all partitions a...

With rw added, the drive does not mount at all. When I click it, the following message appears:

Cannot mount volume

Unable to mount the volume

Details
[mntent]: line 13 in /etc/fstab is bad
mount: can't find /media/data in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab